Facsimile machine having an output level adjusting function

• US 4,868,852 A
• Filed: 01/21/1988
• Issued: 09/19/1989
• Est. Priority Date: 01/21/1987
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Inventors: Tsumura, Naoki
• Primary Examiner(s): Griffin, Robert L.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Huseman, Marianne
• Application Number:
  US07/146,481
• Time in Patent Office: 607 Days
• Field of Search: 358/256, 358/257, 358/280, 358/286, 358/281, 379/100, 455/116, 332/17, 375/59
• US Class Current: 375/296
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00095 Systems or arrangements for the transmission of the picture signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00281 with a telecommunication apparatus, e.g. a switched network of teleprinters for the distribution of text-based information, a selective call terminal details of transmission H04N1/00095; establishing a communication with one of a facsimile machine or another apparatus sharing a single line H04N1/32704; interfacing cordless telephone terminals with an accessory to increase the functionality of user interface H04M1/72409

Abstract

A facsimile machine includes a MODEM, an attenuator, an NCU and a controller. A signal from the MODEM is adjusted in level by the attenuator under the control of the controller and then output to a transmission line through the NCU. In this case, the adjustment of the level of the signal to be transmitted is carried out in accordance with a predetermined characteristic, such as frequency, of the signal to be transmitted. Also provided is a push phone having a DTMF signal generating circuit and a DTMF signal is also adjusted in level before being output to the transmission line in a manner similar to the signal from the MODEM.

Claims

1. A facsimile machine comprising:

first producing means for producing a first signal to be transmitted;

modulating means for modulating said first signal to be transmitted;

memory means for storing a table of adjustment values for each of the frequencies of said first signal;

adjusting means for adjusting a level of said first signal to be transmitted after modulation by said modulating means to one of the prestored adjustment values the level of said first signal before said signal is outputted to a network; and

controlling means for controlling an overall operation of said facsimile machine, said controlling means controlling an adjusting operation of said adjusting means in accordance with a predetermined characteristic of said first signal to be transmitted.

2. The machine of claim 1, wherein said predetermined characteristic is a frequency of said signal to be transmitted.

3. The machine of claim 1, further comprising second producing means for producing a second signal to be transmitted which is also processed by said adjusting means under the control of said controlling means in a manner similar to said first signal to be transmitted.

4. The machine of claim 3, wherein said adjusting means includes an attenuator capable of setting one of a plurality of rates of attenuation.

5. The machine of claim 4, wherein said attenuator includes an operational amplifier having a first input terminal coupled to receive said first and second signals, a second input terminal and an output terminal coupled to supply an output signal from said operation amplifier to said network and a feedback loop extending between said second input and output terminals of said operational amplifier, said feedback loop including a plurality of resistors and a plurality of switches which are selectively operated by said controlling means to thereby connect said plurality of switches in said feedback loop selectively.

6. The machine of claim 3, wherein said first producing means includes an original reader for optically reading an original image to produce said first signal and compressing means for compressing said first signal by coding.

7. The machine of claim 3, wherein said second producing means includes a DTMF signal generating circuit.

8. A facsimile machine comprising:

first producing means for producing a first signal to be transmitted;

modulating means for modulating said first signal to be transmitted;

adjusting means for adjusting a level of said first signal to be transmitted after modulation by said modulating means to a predetermined level before being outputted to a network;

controlling means for controlling an overall operation of said facsimile machine, said controlling means controlling an adjusting operation of said adjusting means in accordance with a predetermined characteristic of said first signal to be transmitted;

a second producing means for producing a second signal to be transmitted which is also processed by said adjusting means under the control of said controlling means in a manner similar to said first signal; and

wherein said adjusting means comprise an attenuator capable of setting one of a plurality of rates of attenuation wherein said attenuator comprises an operational amplifier having first input terminal coupled to receive said first and second signal;

a second input terminal and output terminal coupled to supply an output signal from said operational amplifier to said network and a feedback loop extending between said second input and output terminals of said operational amplifier;

said feedback loop including a plurality of resistors and a plurality of switches which are selectively operated by said controlling means to thereby connect said plurality of switches in said feedback loop selectively.